Derek Julius

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Derek C. Julius was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2024. Judge Julius earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from De Paul University, a Juris Doctor in 2006 from Indiana University Robert H. Mc Kinney School of Law, and a Master of Studies in international human rights law in 2021 from the University of Oxford. From 2022 to 2024, he served as Foreign Section Chief, Office of Chief Counsel, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In 2022, he served as a senior attorney, Diversion and Regulatory Policy Section, DEA, DOJ. From 2008 to 2022, he served as assistant director, senior litigation counsel, and trial attorney at the Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, DOJ. During this time, from 2020 to 2021, he served as Acting Deputy Associate General Counsel detailed to the Legal Counsel Division, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security; and, from 2013 to 2014, he served as a trial attorney detailed to the Fraud Section, Civil Division, DOJ. From 2006 to 2008, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Boston, Hartford, Las Vegas, and Florence Immigration Courts, entering through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. Judge Julius is a member of the New York State Bar.